Tag holder



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, c. A. ROBERTS TAG HOLDER I Filed March 2. 1923 6TA.Ro6eri's INVENTORPatented May .20, 1924.

PATENT OFFIE.

CHARLES A. ROBERTS, 0F BUTTE, MONTANA.

TAG HOLDER.

Application filed March 2, 1923. Serial No. 622,399.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. ROBERTS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Butte, in the county of SilverBow and State of Montana, have invented new and useful Improvements inTag Holders, of which the following is a Specification.

This invention relates to tags, and has particular application to aholder or fastener by means of which the tag is prevented from beingcasually separated from the object to which it is attached.

More specifically stated, the tag holder forming the subject matter ofthe invention is provided from a single length of material which isassociated with the tag, and which terminates to provide a loop liketerminal, the body portion of the holder being formed with a tongue andarranged to extend across the loop in a manner to prevent the tag frombeing lost or otherwise'casually separated from the objectto which it isattached.

In the drawing forming part of this application, like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views, and where- Figure1 is a view in elevation of a tag equipped with a holder constructed inaccordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an edge elevation.

, Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary View of a modilied form.

Referring to the drawings in'detail, 10 indicates a tag of well knownconstruction, which is associated with the holder forming the subjectmatter of the invention.

This holder is formed from a single length of any suitable material andindicated at 11. One end of the holder is provided with an opening toreceive an eyelet 12 utilized to secure one end of the holder to the tag10. The upper end of the holder 11 is bent upon itself as at 18 and thisportion is reversely bent inwardly as at 14 thus defining a loop likeextremity to slip theholder on any suport designed to accommodate theholder.

I he body 11 of the holder is slit obliquely as at 15 to provide atongue or finger 16 which "claim is bent to extend diagonally across theloop I at one side thereof. The tongue is sufliciently ing received bythe loop above defined, but.

after the holder has been associatedwith the support, it is quiteobvious that the particular arrangement or disposition of the tongue orfinger 16 is such that the holder cannot become casually separated fromits support. The invention is very simple in construction and can bemanufactured and sold at a nominal cost.

In Figure 4 I have shown amodified form of the holder, the latterbeingindicated at 11 and is provided with an opening 12 to accommodate aneyelet such as shown in Figures 2 and 3 for the purpose of associatingthe holder with the tag. However, this form of the invention varies fromthe preferred form in that the holder 11 is formed with a plurality ofbendable prongs 13 which surround the opening 12, so that the holder canbe associated with the tag by means of said prongs in contra-distinctionto the use of the eyelet if so desired.

While it is believed that from the forei sorted to when desired as fallwithin the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described the invention, I

A tag holder formed from a single piece of material-having one endsecured to the tag, the other end of said material being folded uponitself in a manner to provide an open loop, and a tongue or fingerformed from the body of the holder and disposed at one side of the loopand diagonally disposed with relation thereto and adapted to engage thesupporting means upon tendency of the loop to become accidentallydisengaged therefrom.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES A. ROBERTS.

